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Showing posts with label Adventurelicious. Show all posts

Bali Highland + {recipe} Balinese Mix Rice

More than 1 month without new posting,...
and now, while welcoming the month of October, finally I have got time to continue my 'Bali trip serial story'.

After the opening story about Badung Market in Denpasar, enjoying the beautiful Bali beaches, now let me tease you with the beauty of Bali Highland.

Morning is the perfect time to start exploring the highland. In every visit to Bali,

Bali Beaches + {recipe} Pisang Rai

Welcome...the month of August! Hello blogosphere!

Continuing my previous posting about my trip to Bali Island, ...for now let's get wet, as I'll share some pictures and little story about Bali beaches.

As one of the most popular gateway in this country, there must be something super special about this island.
yup...Bali Island is blessed with tropical climate, clear ocean and beautiful sandy

Visiting Pasar Badung, Denpasar + {recipe} Balinese Satay.

We had a short vacation in Bali about 1.5 weeks ago.
Actually that was my second trip to Bali after moved back to Indonesia, 3 years ago.

Back from the refreshing trip, we happily celebrated my mom's 70th birthday early July. Only last week, I had time to check the photos that I took during our trip in Bali. Oh,...it's a lot. And I remember the pictures that I took in Bali 1.5 years ago, that

Es Selendang Mayang + Kemang Festival 2012

Hot Jakarta!
The city is getting busy and at the same time, the weather is very hot for the last couple of days.

This month is very special, not only for our city, Jakarta, but also for our family. We celebrated His Blessing; my husband's birthday, our 14th wedding anniversary, and our daughter graduation from Elementary School with very good results. She studied very hard, and now she is so

From the Tea Plantation to the Tea Table

West Java Province is blessed with fertile soil, beautiful panorama, delicious culinary and ... beautiful ladies. I won't explain more about the last one, but I'm sure most of Indonesians have known about that. But for the others, you'll find out in this posting.

It was about 3 weeks ago, we had a trip to Lembang, West Java to attend a 'family day' event from my husband's office. Actually it

Beautiful Ciwidey in West Java

I feel so good; finally at the end of March, on a 'long weekend' we had a change to get out of this city and had a wonderful natural adventure trip. It's a very good break after almost 3 months I didn't go out of this metropolitan. We decided not to travel a lot until our daughter's final and national exams are done, which will be by mid-May! uuphhh... But a short vacation is not harming at all,

Lunar New Year 2563

The year of Golden Rabbit or 2562 in Chinese calendar ended and the year of Water Dragon has begun.

Didn't want to lost the moment where many Chinese were happily welcoming the new year with colorful ornaments, delicious delicacies, and also the smoky temples, I decided to visit the famous Jakarta China Town again!
If last year I visited this place by myself, this time I brought along my

Another beautiful escape; Jatiluhur Lake, West Java.

For many of us who spent our primary school in Indonesia, we must have learned about 'the biggest dam or the biggest hydro-power in Indonesia' name Jatiluhur nearby Purwakarta, West Java.

For many of us who live in Jakarta or Bandung or both and spend many-many times travelling through Purbalenyi toll highway, must be familiar with this exit signage. See the picture below.

After about 30

Visiting Domas Crater, West Java.

Good evening Universe, hello blogosphere!
Happy New Year to all of you!I hope you had a wonderful time welcoming this new year.

Ooh, I'm still in the 'holiday mode' until now. Five more days to go, before we'll start our normal routine. My bodyclock is still following the 'holiday clock'; almost every day (except the 'exercise day') I wake up at 7am or more! I hope we'll not get the 'back to

Timlo & Sosis SOLO my version

Solo, the spirit of Java!

Solo, which has the official name of Surakarta, is located in Central Java, Indonesia.
This city is also known as Batik City. Exploring this city in less than 24 hours (not including sleeping at night), I found lots of interesting parts in it.
Tradition and modernism are living side-by-side in such beautiful harmony. The Solo City Goverment seems appreciating cultural

Trip to Semarang (1)

Semarang is the capital city of Central Java province, in Indonesia.
It is located in north coast of Java Island.

Probably it's not as popular as Bali or Tana Toraja as the top two tourist destinations in the country, but the trip to Semarang has given us an opportunity to feel, to know, to learn, to see, and the most important one is to enjoy one of the beautiful and historical cities in our

Life is so colorful

Sometimes I think my life is so crowded, noisy and even tiring! Then I realize that all of them actually make my life becomes so colorful, dynamic, and alive! I'm so grateful that I can enjoy the beauty of my busy life.

Just a quick update, before I pack my bag for our next adventure;
* Two weeks ago, I came back from my 8-days trip to Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi. It was a wonderful journey,

Trip to Cirebon, West Java (2)

Visiting a new place also means trying new food.
In Cirebon we were not only enjoying the city, seeing the heritage buildings, and learning their culture, but also enjoying their culinary and capturing the glory of past time dining.

I have a list of traditional food that we must try. And...surprise-surprise, my children love the food, so do I. This culinary journey ends up with beautiful memory

Trip to Cirebon, West Java (1)

Visiting Cirebon was my old dream.
I couldn't remember, when exactly I began to dream visiting Cirebon with my family. After reading some magazines, I had a picture in my mind that Cirebon is a city/town that is rich of culture, has lots of beautiful old buildings, has delicious traditional food and is located not too far from Jakarta.
It must be very interesting and unique place!

Finally,

Lunar New Year 2562

It's another exciting celebration... New Year!
Yeah, we have some 'New Year' in one calendar year. Other than 'normal' New Year on 1st of January (Gregorian Calender / Anno Domini), this country also celebrates Imlek (Chinese New Year), Saka New Year (Hindhuism) and Hijriah (Islamic). Oh, one more, there is another New Year in Javanese Calendar.

Those days were marked as Public Holiday in our

Cheers to a New Year!

We're passing the middle of January 2011. Ooh, time goes by very fast.
In fact, I'm still enjoying the raining that cleansing the city and the wind that supplying fresh air into the city.
Beautiful.

Last month, we were very busy and ... very happy at the same time. We enjoyed the wonderful season with our big family. I remember, when we used to live far from our family, many-many years we

Visiting Pasar Punclut, Bandung.

It was Sunday Morning, 10 October 2010 (10.10.10).

When some fresh married couples were busy with their wedding ceremony and lots of 'moms to be' got ready to deliver their babies on the interesting date', we woke up early morning, not for fancy things, but to enjoy the beautiful morning at Pasar Punclut (~stands for Puncak Ciumbuleuit), located in north part of Bandung.
Hohoooow ... it's true,

Enjoy Jakarta! during Idul Fitri.

Finally the opportunity has come to enjoy our city, Jakarta, during her most peacefully, much less pollution and zero traffic jam. This is the time that I have been waiting for.

Where are the millions of Jakartans that everyday flood every corner of the metropolitan?
They join the annual mass exodus, which is called 'mudik', meaning 'going home'.
On the last days of Islamic month of fasting (

Soto Betawi, traditional soup from Jakarta.

June 2009, when we left India, some of my friends sent me email and told me that they would miss the colorful pictures from my blog posting.
Ooh, let me tell you all, you'll enjoy the other colorful pictures from my city, Jakarta!

Ten months living in Jakarta, we never have run out of place to be explored.
From museums to amuzement parks, from traditional markets to the glittering shopping

Sukriya India

Home is where the heart is.
If someone asks me where my heart is, ohooo, it'll be hard to answer for now.

We have been counting down hours to leave India: 20, 19, 18, 17, ... By today when this blog is being written, it'll be very soon, less than 24 hours! Happy and sad feelings are mixed in my heart, in my mind. Very happy to meet my big family, back to our own lovely house, enjoy my own